Remimering heros

On July 5th, The Arizona Diamondbacks had a touching ceremony remembering the 19 hotshot firefighters that died fighting a wildfire on June 30. The team also helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for aid for the communities involved. This got me to think about how baseball seems to always bring communities together during tough times. Any other times you can think of like this?

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Comment by Mark (53) on July 12, 2013 at 8:09pm: Jerry, I don't think this quite falls into your category, but in 2007, I was in Angels Stadium on Memorial day sitting behind home plate in the upper deck. They had a large US flag on the field and a US Naval lieutenant was singing the National Anthem. As he finished, two fireworks were fired off in centerfield and two F-16's came through the smoke flying right toward me and then up over the stadium. It was the coolest celebration I had ever seen at a ball park. Great way to honor our fallen soldiers.